Buhari congratulates first African to win AFS Award, Noel Alumona.

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Noel Ifeanyi Alumona for winning the 2022 AFS Award for Young Global Citizens. The Nigerian, studying Special Education in Vanderbilt University, United States, became the first African to win the prize since inception in 1914. The award was presented to the student during the International Youth Day organized by the […]

APCON changes name, bans use of foreign models and voice-over artists

The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria has announced its change of name to the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria. This is as the council also banned the use of foreign models and voice-over artists on Nigerian advertising media. The Director General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on […]

2023: INEC takes final stand on how results will be transmitted

The Presidential Election Petitions Court on Wednesday ruled that INECwas at liberty to decide the mode of transmission of election results.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Sunday clarified it has no plan to jettison provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the electronic transmission of results. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye said this in a statement in Abuja. The clarification, Okoye said, followed a media report (not in Blueprint) quoting […]